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Large ringed features on Callisto

4 named features carry the IAU descriptor Large ringed feature — a multi-ring impact basin, the largest class of impact structure there is on Callisto, out of 10 in the mapped Solar System.

Named
4
of 154 named places on Callisto — 2.6%
Largest
3,000 km
Valhalla
Median size
1,120 km
Across the 4 with a measured diameter
Named between
1979–2000
IAU approval dates

How large ringed features on Callisto get their names

The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 4 large ringed features with a recorded origin, 3 categories appear, led by Norse.

Norse2Eskimo1Teutonic1

All 4 large ringed features on Callisto

Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.

Large ringed features elsewhere in the Solar System

The same descriptor is used on 2 other worlds, for 6 more features.